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examination

[ig-zam-uh-ney-shuhn]

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noun

the act of examining; inspection; inquiry; investigation.

the state of being examined.

the act or process of testing pupils, candidates, etc., as by questions.

the test itself; the list of questions asked.

the answers, statements, etc., made by one examined.

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Law. formal interrogation.

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Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English examinacioun < Latin exāminātiōn- (stem of exāminātiō). See examine, -ation

Related forms

ex·am·i·na·tion·al, adjective

pre·ex·am·i·na·tion, noun

Synonyms
1. observation. Examination, inspection, scrutiny refer to a looking at something. An examination usually means a careful noting of details: A thorough examination of the plumbing revealed a defective pipe. An inspection is a formal and official examination: an inspection of records, a military inspection. Scrutiny implies a critical and minutely detailed examination: The papers seemed to be in good order, but they would not stand close scrutiny. See also investigation.

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Three weeks later the student was fined five pounds for not wearing a sword to the examination.

They found that test scores fell as the number of people in the examination hall increased.

The news was held until experts could conduct a full examination.

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Three weeks later the student was fined five pounds for not wearing a sword to the examination.

They found that test scores fell as the number of people in the examination hall increased.

The news was held until experts could conduct a full examination.

The quote was a good opener, but it was quickly dropped without a thorough examination.

As for the egg itself, close examination showed that it had a leathery shell.

Examination of his rather robust bone structure, however, has led to some speculation that he might have been a shepherd.

Perhaps an examination of the financial aid process is needed instead.

Any process that can squeeze extra information from the first examination is therefore welcome.

The tribes had hoped to rebury the human remains without further examination of them.

Gallbladder trouble, the physician surmised after a quick examination.

Desperate to avoid medical examination that would reveal she was a.

But electron microscope examination showed that he'd merely found iron-bearing mineral structures known as framboids.

Still, students are crying foul, saying they were denied an opportunity to review material for a midterm examination.

Germany has also tightened up its examination system in the past decade, to help standardise results.

Close examination of his hand revealed a partially healed injury, suggestive of a defensive wound from an earlier fight.

Subsequent examination of the beads revealed that diseased prions had stuck to the coating.

These beliefs elude scientific examination and proof.

Separating one species from another can lie in a careful examination of the branching and cross hatching of veins.

Selling past copies of examination papers-a few cents per student per exam.

Rio had previously said an internal examination had turned up no wrongdoing.

Discuss the things that students notice upon their initial examination of the side-by-side maps.

After examination by the urologist, surgery has been declined.

Examination under a high-powered microscope revealed a trio of narrow grooves cut into the fragile wax.

Most convincing is the film's examination of the environmental costs of a consumption-crazy economy.

If you miss a midterm examination test, for whatever reason, you must take the final examination to make up that examination.

The opportunity is that the current fiscal mess opens the door to an examination of what the state does.

We hobble into the hospital for baths, breakfast, and a thorough examination.

Certain attributes of psychologists seem to disappear under close examination as well.

Such a baseline reading could be gathered at the worker's initial doctor's examination.

As an examination of moral equivalence, the film raises difficult questions.

More important than the choice of calculator or formula is an honest examination of your habits and behaviors.

Searching for a particular item would usually demand the examination of every entry.

When doing an examination of the spine, for instance, you don't often know where the problem is located.

Yet every independent examination of the plans has expressed grave reservations.

The traditional examination system that selects a favored few for higher education remains intact:.

Now a new examination of three decades of seismic data is providing a more detailed picture of our planet's center.

Petraeus' newly-aggressive approach will almost certainly part of that examination.

The size of the health giants ensures that their reach extends far beyond the examination room.

But extensive examination revealed that the probe did in fact hold the first pieces of an asteroid recovered directly from space.

The reasons for this need careful historical and sociological examination.

Fortunately for stutterers, close examination of those with the relevant mutations reveals no symptoms of mucolipidosis.

Under microscopic examination he saw that hundreds of tiny hooks on the burrs stuck on to anything with a loop.

Finally, a nurse directs him to an examination room, tells him to drop his pants and lie face down on the examination table.

As such, it deserves a more subtle examination on the page and the screen than it currently receives.

Close examination of the dark areas revealed microscopic structures that were initially interpreted as fossilized bacteria.

Despite hundreds of years of observation and examination by countless experts and.

Yet on closer examination the attack offers some glimmers of hope.

We would film the mummy as the medical team, entrusted with his meticulous preservation, did their monthly examination.

Yet a closer examination shows that many of the same political obstacles crop up from one crisis to the next.

Inside, two men lay stretched out on examination tables, their testicles poking up through holes in the green sheets.

It provided many useful tidbits and encourages further examination.

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World English Dictionary

examination (ɪɡˌzæmɪˈneɪʃən)

—n
1.	the act of examining or state of being examined
2.	education
	a. written exercises, oral questions, or practical tasks, set to test a candidate's knowledge and skill
	b. (as modifier): an examination paper
3.	med
	a. physical inspection of a patient or parts of his body, in order to verify health or diagnose disease
	b. laboratory study of secretory or excretory products, tissue samples, etc, esp in order to diagnose disease
4.	law the formal interrogation of a person on oath, esp of an accused or a witness

exami'national

—*adj*

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Word Origin & History

examination

late 14c., from Fr. examination, from L. examinationem, noun of action from examinare (see examine). Sense of "test of knowledge" is attested from 1610s; shortened form exam first attested 1848.

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Medical Dictionary

examination ex·am·i·na·tion (ĭg-zām'ə-nā'shən)
n.
An investigation or inspection for the purpose of diagnosis.

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